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The Sabbath
by Alexander Goldstein → (All Poetry by Alexander Goldstein)
Friday, February 19, 2016    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Some keep the Sabbath
Going to a synagogue
That is Beit-Knesset
In the Hebrew tongue;
I keep it staying
In my backyard instead
With an oriole for a cantor
And the olive tree shade
For my 'kipa' or skullcap.
As for the candle light,
It is all the way in my mind.

 


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Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on February 19, 2016
Wisdom beyond most mind-sets steeped in sheep mentality. Your few words speak volumes of subtext regarding the major problem today with religion: no one will back down from their claim of being the "only" true doctrine of who, however, they address their creator. Me, I'll take science, combined with my street-smart heart any day... just as your words suggest for me.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on February 19, 2016
To me, Jewish tradition and rituals are quite foreign, if not downright, weird. Like you, I can worship in the backyard without the need of extra-religious artifacts from a distant past to remind everyone around me that I'm acting strange, weird, and totally out of touch with reality.

Ron

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on February 19, 2016
Yes and yes. I agree. Nature's cathedral has more spirituality anyone could ever want. The last two lines come full circle, bringing light into the mind. This poem works well. A simple idea very effective.

John


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